Mobile Suit Gundam is a televised anime that was written and directed by Tomino
Yoshiyuki and is made up of 43 episodes that were aired in 1979.
The series was later re-edited for theatrical release and split into three movies in 1981.
The idea of Mobile Suit came from the powered suit of Starship Troopers, although
the story otherwise bears little resemblance to that novel. Yasuhiko Yoshikazu did the
character designs and Okawara Kunio was responsible for the mechanical designs,
including the titular giant robot, the RX-78-2 Gundam.
